100 Hottest Celebrity Couples

Hot Couple #87: Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo

Vanessa Minnillo in UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

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*Update: In June 2009, Vanessa and Nick split up, and just days later Minnillo hooked up with Topher Grace! Read more about their breakup here.*

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Vanessa Minnillo in Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey at LAX

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Success.
Nick took a generous settlement in his divorce from Jessica Simpson, rumored to be somewhere between $1.5 million and $18 million (like that helps). He sold over 10 million albums as a member of 98 Degrees, and his solo career has been almost as promising: The 2005 album What's Left of Me became certified Gold. Vanessa's best known for her TV gigs on MTV's Total Request Live and Entertainment Tonight, but more recently she's broken into acting with 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Disaster Movie. The latter film was nominated for six Razzie Awards.

Nick Lachey in Year In Focus 06: All Coupled Up

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Nick has the classic boy band look working in his favor, along with a killer body. Still, some might say he's a little too pretty to qualify as strikingly handsome. Vanessa can thank her Filipino background for that perfectly-tanned skin.

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Popularity.
Last month, around 90,000 people searched Google to learn more about Vanessa, while 368,000 searched for Nick. Too bad: Those numbers pushes them into the bottom third of our list in the popularity category.

Nick Lachey in Nick Lachey And Vanessa Minnillo Arriving At Drew Lachey's For Thanksgiving Dinner

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Lachey and Minnillo have been dating since 2006, and they currently live together. Still, let's examine their pasts, shall we? Nick was famously married to Jessica Simpson, and Vanessa counts Derek Jeter among her exes. Rumors of a split have been plaguing these two for months after Minnillo was seen cozying up to her former costar Matt Lanter. Still, Nick certainly earns points for his public serenade:

Compatibility.
Nick and Vanessa were both born on November 9, meaning they're both Scorpios. That translates to possessive, jealous and stubborn, so extreme emotions are flying in this union. Doesn't sound like a dinner table where we'd want to be sitting.